271期2022全球最贵城市：第1还是中国的它

《可可英语晨读》第271期推出了2022年全球最贵城市的榜单，排在第一位的居然还是中国的香港，这是什么机构的杰作，根据什么而做出的结论？对这份可疑的荣誉，我们该何以处置？我们还是从中学点什么吧！

271期|2022全球最贵城市：第1还是中国的它

• The world's most expensive cities for 2022
  • 2022年全球生活成本最高的城市
  • The world's
    • most expensive cities
      • for 2022
  • 全球
    • 生活成本最高的城市
      • 2022年
• Global mobility company ECA International has released its annual list of the world's most expensive cities to live in,
  • 全球人力资源顾问公司ECA International公布了全球生活成本最高的城市年度榜单
  • Global mobility company ECA International
    • has released
  • 全球人力资源顾问公司ECA International
    • 公布了
  • its annual list of the world's most expensive cities to live in
    • 全球生活成本最高的城市年度榜单
• and once again Hong Kong has landed at the top of the list.
  • 香港再次登上榜首。
  • and once again
    • Hong Kong
      • has landed
        • at the top of the list.
  • 再次
    • 香港
      • 登上
        • 榜首
• The company calculates the list based on several factors,
  • 这份排行榜由该公司根据几个因素的计算结果得出，
  • The company
    • calculates
      • the list
        • based on
          • several factors,
  • 该公司
    • 计算得出
      • 这份排行榜
        • 基于
          • 几个因素
• including the average price of household staples like milk and cooking oil, rent, utilities, public transit and the strength of the local currency.
  • 包括牛奶和食用油等家庭必需品的平均价格、租金、公用事业、公共交通和当地货币的强弱等。
  • including
    • the average price
      • of household staples
  • 包括
    • 平均价格
      • 家庭必需品的
  • like milk and cooking oil,
    • rent,
      • utilities,
  • 像牛奶和食用油等
    • 租金、
      • 公用事业、
  • public transit and
    • the strength of the local currency.
  • 公共交通和
    • 当地货币的强弱等
• This is the third year in a row that Hong Kong has claimed the dubious honor of being the world's priciest city on the ECA index.
  • 这是香港连续第三年在ECA指数中获得“全球生活成本最高城市”的可疑荣誉。
  • This is
    • the third year
      • in a row
  • 这是
    • 第三年
      • 连续
  • that Hong Kong
    • has claimed
      • the dubious honor
  • 香港
    • 获得
      • 可疑荣誉
  • of being the world's priciest city
    • on the ECA index
  • “全球生活成本最高城市”的
    • 在ECA指数中
• The index specifically focuses on foreign workers and expats in their rankings.
  • 该指数在排名时主要关注外国工人和移居外国的人士。
  • The index
    • specifically focuses on
  • 该指数
    • 特别关注了
  • foreign workers
    • and
      • expats in their rankings.
  • 外国工人
    • 和
      • 移居的外国人士
• It is safe to call Asia the most expensive continent,
  • 可以说亚洲是最生活成本最高的洲，
• with six cities— Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Guangzhou and Seoul — landing in the top 10.
  • 一共有6个城市——香港、东京、上海、特拉维夫、广州和首尔——进入前10名。
• 重点词汇
  • mobility company
    • a company that offers a unique kind of expat services
    • 人力资源顾问公司，劳动力外派公司
    • We should reform our company to become a mobility company.
  • land
    • to arrive at or appear on a particular website
    • 出现在
    • If you click on the link you land on his blog.
  • currency
    • the money that is used in a particular country at a particular time
    • 货币，通货
    • foreign currency
  • dubious
    • of questionable character
    • 值得怀疑的，不好的
    • Ruth Ellis has the dubious (= bad) distinction of being the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
  • expats
    • someone who does not live in their own country
    • 侨居的人，移民
    • American expats (expatriates)
• 延伸阅读
• Asia also claims the honor of being home to the fastest-rising city on the overall list.
  • 亚洲也拥有整体榜单上排名上升最快的城市，
• That would be Colombo, Sri Lanka's main metropolis, which jumped 23 places from 162 to 149.
  • 即斯里兰卡的主要大都市科伦坡，从第162位跃升了23位至第 149 位。
• Lee Quane, ECA's regional director for Asia, explained the reasoning for mainland China's growing presence on the index.
  • ECA的亚洲区域总监李奎恩解释了中国大陆在该指数中不断增长的原因。
• "The majority of the mainland Chinese cities in our rankings have higher rates of inflation than we are used to seeing, but they are still typically lower than elsewhere in Asia,"
  • “排名中的大多数中国大陆城市的通货膨胀率都比我们过去看到的要高，但它们仍低于亚洲其他地区，”奎恩在一份声明中说。“因此，它们排名上升的主要原因是人民币对其他主要货币的持续走强。”
• Quane said in a statement.
  • 奎恩在一份声明中说。
• "Therefore, the main reason for their rise in the rankings has been the continued strength of the Chinese yuan against other major currencies."
  • “因此，它们排名上升的主要原因是人民币对其他主要货币的持续走强。”